Space

The ability to fly helicopters on Mars could make possible future exploration of the red planet’s most hazardous terrain or areas off limits to humans because of planetary protection concerns.

Comac tests fuel-cell power; DLR to capture rockets in flight; Fluidic flight control; DARPA’s “Disruptioneering”; UAM in Austria.

With a lifelong passion for aviation, Paul Allen was the first of the technology barons to spend part of his fortune backing technology to enable less costly and more frequent access to space.

More than 400 luminaries gathered at the 62nd annual gala to honor the winners and top students pursuing aviation or aerospace careers.

Building an equatorial launch base in northern Australia should begin in April. A base for launches to polar orbits is in planning.

New organization will unify and integrate the development of space capabilities across the U.S. military.

NASA has outlined a three-step strategy for achieving a sustained human return to the Moon’s surface by 2028.

NASA chief fires warning shot, orders study to assess launching Orion lunar flight test on commercial boosters.

The Nauka multipurpose module is likely to miss its July 2020 launch date for additional tests.

DARPA plans to demonstrate a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) system that can be assembled on orbit to expand U.S. operating presence in cislunar space.

The Government of Rwanda - alongside SoftBank Group Corp., Grupo Salinas, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. - has led a new round of funding of OneWeb's satellite communications network, totalling $1.25 billion.

What NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft observed on its flyby of the distant Kuiper Belt Object Ultima Thule—especially the object’s strange shape —has sent scientists back to the drawing board.

With the first launch for a global broadband satellite network behind it, OneWeb has raised another $1.25 billion from investors.

Production of 3D-printed metallic parts ramps up at Boeing as first additively manufactured antenna is set for spaceflight on AMOS 17 satellite.

The complete engine is designed to provide air-breathing thrust from the runway to Mach 5 and beyond for hypersonic aircraft and, in rocket mode, low-cost access to space.

By rejecting a “top-down” approach, the U.S. Transportation Department has allowed a new era of aerospace innovation to flourish.

SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon, nearing the end of an unmanned, six-day demonstration mission, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 8, aiming for a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

A former NASA extravehicular system manager for the ISS, Moses discusses her recent suborbital ride aboard SpaceShipTwo for the first inflight assessment of the passenger cabin.

Eight years after shuttle flights ended, SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule reaches space station for test run, ushering in “new era in space.”

Has Airbus really lived up to its potential? And is the group healthy enough today to guarantee that it will still be around 50 years from now?

MD Helicopters will fight for FARA contract; India’s milsat plans; Israel’s customized F-35 upgrades, and the end of the line for U.S. Marine Corps Prowlers.

Despite cancellation of Google X Prize, Israeli nonprofit aiming for April touchdown on the Moon.

Following up on the legacy of NASA’s aging Great Observatories may depend on breaking a cost spiral that has delayed the JWST and threatened the WFIRST.

Acknowledging the reusable rocket technology pioneered by SpaceX and Blue Origin, the U.S. Air Force has dropped the word “expendable” from the name of its orbital launch services acquisition program.

To support its efforts to empower and encourage youth to take an interest in space science, The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has launched the ‘Science in Space’ competition, in coordination with NanoRacks LLC.